Man Pleads Guilty To Illegally Distributing Prescription Pills

London, KY — A Flat Lick, Kentucky man admitted to drug trafficking in federal court Monday. 70-year-old Jerry “Rabbit” Cox pled guilty to distributing a quantity of pills containing oxycodone and hydrocodone before U.S. Magistrate Judge Hanly A. Ingram. Cox admitted to selling oxycodone 30 mg pills to an informant on April 17, 2018 from his residence in Knox County and hydrocodone pills from his business on April 26, 2018. Cox was indicted in June of this year. A sentencing date has not yet been set. Cox faces up to 20 years in prison and a maximum fine of $1 million.